Danish Christmas, A (Danish Christmas Carols) - Various Artists

Advantages: Reminds you of christmas as a child and helps recreate a family christmas atmosphere
Disadvantages: Absoultely none

...I bough this CD a few years ago now for my daughter and must admit it is a really festive CD. The songs are all ones that you will recongnise and love and so will your children over the years. To me Christmas is all about children and the songs odnthis CD bring that home to you. It's true christmas Carols and not these hyped up pop versions. We play this every christmas now and it is one of the highlights for my daughter. She knows christmas is just aroung the corner when we start playing the CD and she even knows the words to some of the songs. Guaranteed to get you in the spirit of things and will be the best thing you could spen your money on this year. CD's are vailable from £3-£5 from e-bay etc. The following songs are on the CD which you will most definately recongise with a few of them some of your favourites I... Read review

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Advantages: Great lyrics | Very funny | Very original
Disadvantages: Some weak tracks | Will offend | Hard to find

...fill your head what a festive season, someday you’ll be dead’ A quite sombre Christmas song that’ll appeal to people who like black comedy and have a cynical outlook. At surface value it’s an out of place and depressing song to include on the album yet it is so absurd that it fits into the South Park style perfectly. Yet it can also have a little hidden moral in it basically saying that we should be thankful for out family and our lives because ‘someday we’ll be dead’. Depending on how you look at it, whether to take it without the connotative meaning or the denotative will alter the affect the song will have on you. However it’s still a nice song to listen to, nice and slow and nicely sung with good backing vocals from the South Park kids. 5. Carol of the Bells | Mr Mackey (0.52) ‘All seem to say ding, dong mmmkay’ After... Read review

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Advantages: Great christmas music
Disadvantages: Some tracks arent as good as others - ruin CD in some ways

...Tracks include: Fanfare - Joy to the World/Ding Dong Merrily on High The First Nowell It Came Upon A Midnight Clear Gabriel's Message (Old Basque Noel) Once IN Royal David's City Medley - Have yourself a merry little Christmas/Winter Wonderland/Let it Snow/White Christmas/Jingle Bells The Virgin Mary had baby boy Sweet Little Jesus Child When a child is born Still, still, still This is the truth sent from above Sessex Carol O Little town of Bethlehem Joy to the World O Come all ye faithful Hark! the Herald angels sing This CD includes most of the best known Christmas carols and some Christmas songs. Sung by Winchester Cathedral choir, Huddersfield Choral Society, Exeter Cathedral choir and congregation, as well as others. It sounds like a normal epsiode of Songs of Praise would - with hymns (or carols in this case... Read review

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